These typographical rugs from John Pour Home are a nifty idea for the typophiles out there.
Newwork Magazine
“Newwork Magazine is a large-format newspaper publication for readers who appreciate the value of new ideas. Designed and published biannually by studio NEWWORK, issue no.1 shows a selection of contributors solely from New York.”
There’s some wonderful typography and editorial design going on in Newwork. Unfortunately it’s only available in the States at the moment although I’d love to see a European version of it.
Information Taking Shape
Information Taking Shape has some great visualisations of common data by Christina Van Vleck. The newspaper cover stories (pictured above) are great.
Ryan McGinley
Ryan McGinley’s photography possesses an ethereal innocence that is so rarely seen or captured today. His series ‘I know where the Summer goes’ depicts carefree youth beautifully. Some of the content may not be suitable for work (NSFW).
Unlike: Berlin
The other day I was dismayed to find that one of my favourite websites, Hypediss was no longer around. Fortunately, it has evolved into something that has the potential to be much greater.
Unlike is a cultural guide to Berlin and hopefully in the future other major cities around the world. It features a local knowledge to the coolest places in Berlin, information which is invaluable to the cultural traveller and which can’t be found in regular guides.
Stephan Balleux
Stephan Balleux is the master of skulls! His paintings and drawings are delightfully macabre, but also contain some of the most incredible texture. Some look as if they are crafted from flowing material, others from wet paint fresh from the pallette.
HoloCube
The HoloCube is a fully integrated 3D platform that makes your product look like never before. Well, that’s what they say on the site anyway. It’s basically a hollow cube that has an image projected inside it. I’m not quite sure what to make of this, the concept is really cool, however in this instance it looks like the physical product falls short of making a huge impact (perhaps this is due to the holograms not actually looking like they are real 3D on the website).
Regardless, it’s cool to see that this kind of technology is making in-roads into the commercial market. It’s just one step closer to the 3D shark from Back to the Future.
Spencer Finch
Spencer Finch’s installations explore themes of darkness and light, colour and space.
Canvas Magazine
As well as covering some great styles, Canvas Magazine has also got some of the most excellent photography I’ve seen in a while. Check it out.
Tapedeck.org
Remeber cassette tapes? If you’re a child of the 70’s or 80’s then you definitely will, children of the 90’s perhaps not so much. Anyway, Tapedeck.org has a great collection of images of old cassette tapes and you can even sort by brand, playing time and quality (I always liked BASF tapes myself).
